After having seen Drinks play in vast open space of End of the Road festival the previous weekend, I was interested to see how a smaller, enclosed venue would transform the sound of their set.

In a confined area, the band's laid-back psychedelia built up more of an atmosphere than outdoors, where the music had at times been carried away by the wind.

The music of Drinks is not easily accessible, particularly compared to the more straightforward songwriting of members Cate Le Bon or Stephen Black's main project Sweet Baboo.

But, while initially sounding overly dissonant and self-indulgent, it made more sense as the set went on; the alternating periods of ambient drone and yelped, obtuse lyrics from Le Bon and co-singer Tim Presley gradually allowing the audience to tune in to the band's sound.

There was a definite sense that this was a project undertaken for the love of the music, with all four of the band clearly enjoying themselves.

This helped keep the spirit light and ultimately helped to keep the audience engaged, with jazz-inspired drum solos and some particularly chaotic passages of music never descending into the po-faced seriousness sometimes associated with adventurous, avant garde music.

3 stars